Bayeux

The Bayeux Tapestry is a beautiful embroidered blanket type cloth that displays over 50 Latin tituli scenes. The tapestry was originally thought to have been made in Kent, England, but nothing is known for certain about where the tapestry came from. The first record that was found relating the tapestry was in 1476, it was recorded in cathedral treasury at Bayeux as a very long narrow hanging. The tapestry is measured 70 meters long and 50 centimeters tall and is made from yards of stitched linen

written as a narrative, but has enough detail to satisfy a student of history. Morris begins by exploring the history of one of the few sources that remain of the Norman invasion, the Bayeux tapestry. The tapestry has had a long history of trading hands and escaping harm seemingly miraculously. According to Morris, the Bayeux tapestry has survived looting in the French Revolution, was owned by Napoleon Bonaparte for a time, and was stolen by Nazis during their occupation of France in World War II. Aside

that emerged from this era was the Bayeux Tapestry. Although Romanesque art is mainly religious, the tapestry is not about a Christian figure, but a pictorial narrative that depicts in full detail the events that lead to the Norman conquest of England. “It presents a rich representation of a particular historic moment as well as providing an important visual source for eleventh-century textiles that have not survived into the twenty-first century” (khan). The Bayeux Tapestry is an artistic masterpiece

The final scene in the Bayeux tapestry (intact). Displays William 1st defeating King Richard in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. In all wars in the medieval period, the victors always would purge the defeated sides perspective, especially in Williams time. The Bayeux tapestry presents only Williams victories, because it was made Odo, his half-brother. All of the scenes in the tapestry depict William as a righteous, merciful and just leader. From the Anglo-Saxon side, there are no primary sources currently

(historylearningsite). An important part of the battle itself was what the information was gathered from. Most things known about the Battle of Hastings was collected from the Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry was not exactly a tapestry though its name says differently, but instead it is an embroidered linen cloth that is about 70 meters long. “The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings, during the battle itself, and the events thereafter starting with a scene depicting Edward the

Panoramic images have been an idea that has dated back to the beginning of human history, through forms like the Boa tapestry and other paintings that captured the ideas of extended view and openness that a normal image can’t do. However more recently this idea has been used creatively to form 360 otherworldly images. In this project I plan on exploring the use of panorama through history and how it has developed to form more interesting ideas. When you look at a panoramic picture you get a sense

hundred professionally trained soldiers. They prepared carefully for the battle. The Normans had knights on horseback (Calvary) who were skilful fighters. William also was skilful and ambitious, and he was determined to be King of England. In the Bayeux Tapestry, it shows William’s army preparing for battle, embarking huge ships filled with wood and supplies such as wine, weapons, and horses. There are also pictures of the knights in full battle armour riding out to war. William’s men also had better

the Bayeux Tapestry showing William's soldiers feasting and preparing for the battle while they waited for the wind to change. During and before the battle there were also several crucial developments to help William. Harold Godwineson forced his army to travel so fast that he left many soldiers behind including most of his archers. During the battle Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye. This significantly disheartened the Anglo-Saxon soldiers. Harold's death is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

What is more interesting is that Angel Gabriel looks at Mariana and not Mary in the painting which suggests a hope, she wants her love to be consummated, a Gabriel to come to her and inform her but it intensifies the pathos even further.“Mary” which in Hebrew means uncertainty, as she was uncertain whether she would be able to conceive until Gabriel arrived but “Mary” (uncertainty) + “Ann” (graceful) leads us to “Mariana” who is gracefully expecting even though she is uncertain about her destiny

the Duke of Normandy. His mother Herleva was the concubine of of Robert and a daughter of a tanner from the town of Falaise. Sometime after she gave birth of William she married Viscount Herluin and bore two children a boy who would become bishop of Bayeux and a daughter. In 1035 Robert the first died from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. William who had been nominated by his father to become the next duke before his departure became Duke at the young age of about eight. He had many hardships as the Duke